Join
us again for 30, 50, 100, or 150miles of the finest trails in the
Mid-West...and because you asked for it, new this year will be the 200
mile trail run!

Do you think Illinois is all flat cornfields? Wise ultra-runners will
get some serious hill training in before coming to McNaughton Park! We
don’t have mountains in Illinois ... just a few rolling hills with
elevator shaft downhills guaranteed to warm your quads on a chilly
April evening. Here’s how one satisfied customer described the terrain:
‘I now know why Illinois is so flat. They took all the hills that are
supposed to be there and put them ALL into one spot in Pekin, IL ...
and called it ‘McNaughton Park’.”

How about the view? One of our previous participants described it this
way: “It’s one of the most scenic courses I know: Mostly singletrack,
forest with some meadows, hills with beautiful valleys in between. Lots
of flowers and wildlife. At dawn, when I came to the 3rd creek
crossing, thousands of birds were singing, frogs were ‘talking’
everywhere, wild geese above me were chatting, and several Whitetail
Deer crossing the trail.”

"...
comparing the high altitude, long climbs of the Western mountains to
McNaughton hills is like comparing being eaten by a shark vs. being
eaten by a 1000 piranhas ... both are unpleasant ... just in different
ways."

Another year under our belts and things couldn't
have gone better. We were a little concerned early Saturday morning
when we woke at 4am to rain. Those of you who have been to McNaughton
before know that the weather can change in a heartbeat and it did. The
rain stopped in time to get the race off and the course was in good
shape by the 2nd loop for most of the participants. What a great
weekend! Finally, we can't say enough about our awesome volunteers and
our pacers. We feel like we have the best crew anywhere around and know
we counldn't pull this off without all of them.